Morija tracksite (zone B/5) (Jurassic of Lesotho)

Where: Lesotho (29.6° S, 27.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 3.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarens Formation (Stormberg Group), Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Cave Sandstone, middle part, zone B/6

•Age according to Bordy et al. 2021 for zones A7 and B1–B7

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dune; white sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Primary reference: F. Ellenberger and P. Ellenberger. 1958. Principaux types de pistes de Vertébrés dans les couches du Stormberg au Basutoland (Afrique du Sud) (Note préliminaire) [Principal types of vertebrate prints in the Stormberg beds of Basutoland (South Africa) (preliminary note)]. Comptes Rendus de la Société géologique de France 1958:65-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55997: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
"Kainotrisauropus morijensis n. sp." = Grallator morijensis
"Kainotrisauropus morijensis n. sp." = Grallator morijensis Ellenberger 1970 theropod